Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

Episode 20 – The Primary Being | Prof. Steven Long

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Nov 6, 2019
A deep dive into Aristotle’s act and potency, and why being is spoken of in different ways rather than as one uniform concept. The discussion explores how finite things depend on a first cause, how creation relates to God, and why divine perfection is untouched by whether creatures exist.
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
Aristotle's Analogy of Being
02:48 • 3min
3
The Principle of Non-Contradiction
05:33 • 3min
4
The Principle of Non-Contradiction in Being
08:27 • 4min
5
Being Is Not Univocal Like Circularity
12:12 • 3min
6
The Analogical Divisibility of Being Into Potency and Act Is the Foundation of the Derivation of All Finite Being From God
15:04 • 3min
7
St. Thomas's Transcendental Way of Thought
18:20 • 3min
8
The Real Foundation of the Relation of Createdness and of Causal Participation
21:45 • 3min
9
The Subject Matter of Metaphysics Presupposes Prior Demonstrations of God
25:10 • 6min
10
Aristotle's Distinction of Act and Potency Is Not a Genus
31:29 • 3min
11
The Angels Are a Being of Form and Being of Essence and Existence
34:56 • 3min
12
The Absolute Perfection of God
38:04 • 3min